United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush told Agudat Yisrael community leaders that if Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara does not stop what he calls persecution of Torah learners, there will be no choice but to use the words of former defense minister Ehud Barak and 'drive her from the office with sticks and stones'.
MK Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism) escalated his rhetoric against Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara on Tuesday evening, telling Agudat Yisrael community leaders that if she does not halt what he describes as persecution of Torah scholars, he will resort to the phrase used by former defense minister Ehud Barak — driving her from the office 'with sticks and stones.' The quote references Barak's 1999 remark about removing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power, a historically charged allusion in Israeli political discourse. Porush did not specify which policies or investigations he considers persecution. The attorney general's office has not yet responded. The remark comes amid ongoing tensions between the governing coalition and the legal establishment over yeshiva draft exemptions and state funding for Haredi institutions.
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